Trump Points Out Media Double Standard on Syria Withdrawal

Evan El-Amin / ShutterstockPresident Donald Trump took to Twitter on Saturday to nail the media hypocrisy on its double standards when it comes to U.S. involvement in Syria. He is pictured here in a file photo from August (Evan El-Amin / Shutterstock)

It’s double standards like that that had Trump taking to Twitter to decry the prevalent media narratives being peddled.

If anybody but your favorite President, Donald J. Trump, announced that, after decimating ISIS in Syria, we were going to bring our troops back home (happy & healthy), that person would be the most popular hero in America. With me, hit hard instead by the Fake News Media. Crazy!

“If anybody but your favorite President, Donald J. Trump, announced that, after decimating ISIS in Syria, we were going to bring our troops back home (happy & healthy), that person would be the most popular hero in America,” Trump lamented on Twitter. “With me, hit hard instead by the Fake News Media. Crazy!”

It really is breathtaking the lengths that the media will go to to attack Trump.

Just going back to The Times, the newspaper had no problem exposing its own hypocrisy, if only to lambaste the president.

“Syria is a complex problem. But this plan seems poorly conceived, too dependent on military action and fueled by wishful thinking,” The Times wrote in a January 2018 editorial.

So… America should remove its troops immediately, right? The presence of the American military fixing complicated Syrian issues is “poorly conceived” and “wishful thinking” after all.

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Fast forward 11 months, however, and The Times editorial board was writing Thursday that “Jim Mattis Was Right” and wondering, “Who will protect America now?”

“It could also risk getting American soldiers killed or wounded for objectives their commanders had already abandoned,” The Times wrote about Trump’s decision to leave Syria.

Bryan Chai has been a writer for The Western Journal for over two years and has written more than 1,300 stories for Conservative Tribune and The Wildcard. He specializes in sports and politics.

Bryan Chai has been a writer for The Western Journal for over two years and has written more than 1,300 stories for Conservative Tribune and The Wildcard. He specializes in sports and politics. He graduated with a BA in Creative Writing from the University of Arizona. He is an avid fan of sports, video games, politics and debate.